Four-fold reduction in the speed of light at practical power levels using Brillouin scattering in a 2-m Bismuth-oxide fiber

2006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference, and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Jauregui C ^a   Ono, H ^a   Petropoulos, P ^a   Richardson, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SPEED CONTROL;

BISMUTH-OXIDE FIBERS; FOUR-FOLD SPEED REDUCTION; NONLINEAR FIBERS;

LIGHT VELOCITY;

EID: 33845349507     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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